Which is cheaper, DFAL or DYNF?

DFAL is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFAL and DYNF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 95% of DYNF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DFAL vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAL and DYNF hold 37% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF, and $42.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF.

DFAL costs 0.14 points a year less; DYNF is far larger, $38.6bn against $1.5bn.

	DFAL	DYNF
Expense ratio	0.12%	0.26%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.5bn	$38.6bn
Total return, 1 year	not published	+19.6%
What it tracks	not published	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.6%	41.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+6.3%

DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026

+19.6%

DYNF total return, 1 year

0.12%

DFAL expense ratio

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAL and DYNF hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAL DYNF

NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.93% 8.39%

APPLE INC. 3.83% 7.73%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.82% 5.08%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.38% 4.18%

ALPHABET INC. 2.09% 2.48%

BROADCOM INC. 1.57% 2.55%

ALPHABET INC. 1.27% 2.05%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.07% 2.65%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 0.87% 3.20%

TESLA, INC. 0.70% 1.57%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0.58% 1.77%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.51% 2.74%

Only in DFAL

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index ETF 13.12%

Ishares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund 8.84%

DFA Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 7.98%

Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF 6.89%

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 4.68%

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 0.85%

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0.32%

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0.31%

Only in DYNF

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.31%

ELI LILLY 1.21%

WELLTOWER 0.84%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.67%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.67%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 0.57%

EATON PLC 0.47%

GE AEROSPACE 0.47%

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On the same fields

DFAL

Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF

DYNF

iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Equity fund Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +6.3% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +19.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +6.4% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.1 pts (since launch, Jun 23, 2026) +2.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.12% 0.26%

Already in the S&P 500 53.9% 94.8%

Holdings 545 261

Net assets, DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 and DYNF as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $42.9bn

DFAL and DYNF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DFAL in plain words

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 54% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 545 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%.

DYNF in plain words

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 261 positions, with the top ten at 41.0%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, DFAL or DYNF?: DFAL is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAL and DYNF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 54% of DFAL and 95% of DYNF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DYNF ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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